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ORDINANCE 1575 ORDINANCE NO. 1575 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CORPORATE CAMPUS SPECIFIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ALLOW BALCONIES TO PROJECT INTO A REQUIRED SETBACK. The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does ordain as follows: SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares that: A. On January 2, 2002, the City Council approved a development known as Corporate Campus under EA-548. Approvals for that development included a Specific Plan, a General Plan Amendment, a Zone Change, a Subdivision, and a Development Agreement for the development of 2,175,000 square feet of office, light industrial, retail, restaurant, health club, hotel conference, medical/dental office, and day care uses, along with public recreational facilities and a City Fire Station on a 46.5 acre site; B. On June 7, 2018, William Messori representing EVA Airways Corporation filed an application for Environmental Assessment No. EA-1204 and Specific Plan Amendment No. SPA 18-01 to amend the Corporate Campus Specific Plan (CCSP) to allow balconies to project up to ten feet into a required setback; C. The City reviewed the project's environmental impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., CEQA) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., CEQA Guidelines); D. On August 23, 2018, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 2849 recommending that the City Council adopt this Ordinance; and E. On October 2, 2018, the City Council held a public hearing, considered the Planning Commission's recommendation, and information provided by City staff and public testimony regarding this Ordinance; and F. The Ordinance and its findings are made based upon the entire administrative record including, without limitation, the public hearing held by the City Council on October 2, 2018. SECTION 2: Factual Findings and Conclusions. The Planning Commission finds that the following facts exist and makes these conclusions: A. On January 2, 2002, the City Council approved and certified a Final EIR for a development known as Corporate Campus Specific Plan under (EA-548). B. The Corporate Campus Specific Plan is 46.5 acres in size and is located in the northeast portion of the City of EI Segundo. The CCSP is bounded by Atwood Way and the Metro Green Line to the north, Douglas Street to the east, Mariposa Avenue to the south, and Nash Street and the Metro green Line to the west. C. The CCSP originally allowed an overall FAR of 0.99:1 and up to 2,175,000 gross square feet of development. However, in 2013 the CCSP was amended under (EA-1021) which reduced the maximum allowed development from 2,175,000 gross square feet to 930,025 gross square feet and an the overall FAR was reduced from 0.99:1 to 0.60:1. D. In 2013, the City approved an Addendum to the FEIR for the Revised CCSP development. The City determined that there would be no new, or substantially more severe, significant impacts than the impacts originally identified in the FEIR. The following amendments to the specific plan were approved under (EA-1021): 1. Parking on private streets; 2. At-grade patios with 6-foot high walls, fences, and hedges to encroach into front yard setbacks; 3. 80-foot frontage on lots that abut green-belt lots; 4. The development of green-belt lots with 30 feet of frontage; 5. Truck loading spaces to be shared with open parking spaces and to restrict the loading hours and prohibit parking during loading hours; 6. The update of Exhibit 3 and 4 which incorporates Vesting Tentative Map No. 72287 into the Specific Plan Subdivision map exhibit; and 7. An update of the Legal Description in Appendix A and the addition of Appendix C for the Legal Descriptions of the "Green- belt Lots." E. In 2015, the City prepared an Addendum to the FEIR for the CCSP, which analyzed a 5-acre site for the approval of the Lakers Facility. The Lakers Facility was allowed up to a maximum of 133,000 square feet of combined offices, athletic training facilities, and exhibition venues for a professional sports team. An Addendum was prepared under the authority of CEQA Guidelines § 15164 to a ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 2 of 8 previously certified FEIR, and according to CEQA Guidelines § 15162, a supplemental or subsequent EIR was not required. F. The applicant's site is located at 2125 Campus Drive, within the Corporate Campus Specific Plan (CCSP) zone and is the last site left to be developed in the project area. The 2.6 acre site is comprised of three parcels. The site is currently vacant, is rectangular in shape, and is bounded by Campus Drive (private) to the south, Maple Avenue to the north, Campus Square West (private) to the east, and Nash Street to the west. The site is a total of 113,543 square feet and has 274 feet of frontage along Nash Street, 412 feet of street frontage along Campus Drive, and 274 feet of street frontage along Campus Square West. G. In 2017, the applicant obtained approval to subdivide an existing 2.6 acre parcel to create three lots for the purpose of constructing two five-story office buildings containing 37 condominium units and to construct a five-level parking structure containing 37 parking condominium units. When the plans for the project were submitted to the City, staff discovered that balconies were proposed within the required side yard setback and advised the applicant to file an application for a Specific Plan Amendment. K The applicant proposes 157,899 gross square feet of office and after the project is completed, the combined total building area for the CCSP area will be 922,780 gross square feet. I. The proposed amendment will allow the applicant to develop two office buildings containing balconies which project up to ten feet into the minimum required 15-foot side yard setback measuring from the concrete curb face adjoining a private street. Balconies are proposed adjacent to Campus Square Drive and Campus Square West. SECTION 3: General Plan Findings. As required under Government Code Section 65860, the proposed amendment to the development standards of the CCSP by the Ordinance is consistent with the EI Segundo General Plan as follows: A. The property is in the Corporate Campus Specific Plan (CCSP) zone and the EI Segundo General Plan land use designation is Corporate Campus. This land use designation permits a mix of office, research and development, light industrial/manufacturing, laboratories, restaurants, technology related telecommunications and web hosting facilities, hotels, restaurants, retail, service, recreational, public service uses (fire station), and recreational uses (soccer field and athletic sports facility for the Lakers). The purpose of the proposed amendment is to allow flexibility in the design of ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 3of8 projects while preserving and promoting a pedestrian-oriented environment. B. The General Plan contains a number of relevant Goals, Objectives, and Policies in the Economic Development Element. The goal of Objective ED1-1 is building "support and cooperation among the City of EI Segundo and its businesses and residential communities for the mutual benefits derived from the maintenance and expansion of EI Segundo's economic base." The proposed development will expand office use area in the City. The development will provide significant fiscal benefit to the City by generating additional business license fees. C. According to Policy ED1-1.2, long-run efforts for economic development should focus on "diversification of EI Segundo's economic base in order to meet quality of life goals." The proposed new office development will meet quality of life goals by benefiting the residential and business community by expanding job creation and growth potential. D. Policies ED1-2.1 and ED1-2.2, both seek to promote land uses, which improve the City's commercial tax base. The purpose of the Corporate Campus Specific Plan Land Use Designation is to provide for office development and supporting retail and other commercial services which provide a fiscal benefit to the City. The proposed office development will provide this opportunity in the northeast area of the City. E. Any new development in the Corporate Campus Specific Plan area is required to meet all health and safety and environmental regulations and would be built to meet all current seismic safety standards, as overseen by the Building Safety Division. The proposed project is consistent with Policy LU4-1.2 and Policy LU4- 1.4. F. The proposed amendment will allow balconies within the required setbacks. Allowing balconies enhances the aesthetic design of a building and improves the quality of life for employees in the area who can enjoy fresh air while at work and the views outside adjacent to the street or the building. Any new development would comply with all the zoning regulations and development standards. The proposed amendment to the development standards of the Corporate Campus Specific Plan will allow new buildings to contain balconies closer to the street on the facades which face the street, making them more architecturally attractive and will provide a people-oriented amenity for the public to enjoy within a commercial district. The proposed project is consistent with Policy LU4-2.1. ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 4of8 G. The Corporate Campus Project Site is located within a quarter-mile of a Green Line's Mariposa/Nash Station. (Policy LU4-4.4) which will help encourage transit ridership to the project site. H. The proposed project would allow the development of a site that has been vacant for many years and was previously improved with a blighted former industrial use area into a new commercial opportunity for the surrounding area. This redevelopment would occur through the combined efforts of the City of EI Segundo and private applicants and would conform to the Corporate Campus Specific Plan development standards (Objective LU5-3). I. As a re-use of a previously developed industrial site, that will be remediated to the satisfaction of the appropriate regulatory agencies and will not pose any health hazard to employees, patrons or visitors to the site, the project is consistent with Policy HM3-1.1 requiring compliance with hazardous materials handling laws. J. The project site is located within a '/4 mile of the Metro Green Line Light Rail with a Light Rail Station at Nash Street and Mariposa Avenue within walking distance. The proposed office buildings will draw visitors from the metropolitan region with the ability of encouraging alternative modes of transportation and thus meeting CCSP Goals 5a, 5b, and 5c. SECTION 4: Corporate Campus Specific Plan Amendment Findings. Pursuant to ESMC Chapter 15-26, and based on the factual findings set forth in Section 2 and 3, the proposed specific plan amendment is consistent with the ESMC and necessary to carry out the general purpose of the CCSP as follows: A. It is consistent with the purpose of the CCSP, which is to serve the public health, safety, and general welfare and to provide the economic and social advantages resulting from an orderly planned use of land resources. B. It is necessary to facilitate the development process and ensure the orderly development of commercial, industrial or office buildings on properties in the CCSP zone which are compatible with surrounding properties and consistent with the goals, policies, and objectives of the General Plan as set forth in Section 3 above. SECTION 5: Environmental Assessment. The City Council Certified a Final EIR (FEIR) on January 2, 2002 for the development of the CCSP project. The proposed project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA") and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 California Code of Regulations §§ 15000, et seq., the "State CEQA Guidelines"), since it involves a minor revision ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 5 of 8 to the Development Standards. No new significant effects previously analyzed in the FEIR will result from a minor modification to the Development Standards. Accordingly, no further environmental review is required pursuant to 14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15168(a)(3) in connection with the issuance of rules and regulations. SECTION 6: The following amendment or addition is proposed to the Development Standards of the CCSP Section V(F)(4)(c) as follows (c+rikethro i..h is language to be deleted, and underlined is language to be added): F. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 4. Setbacks a. Buildings within the Specific Plan area must be setback a minimum of fifteen feet from the adjoining public rights-of-way of Nash Street, Atwood Way, Douglas Street, and Mariposa Avenue. b. Building setbacks within the interior of the Specific Plan must be a minimum of five feet from each lot line, except for buildings adjacent to private streets/internal roadways, in which case setbacks will be fifteen feet from curb face. Actual required setbacks may vary depending on California Building Code, as adopted by the ESMC, requirements that relate to type and height of structure. C. The following intrusions are permitted to project into a setback: 1. Architectural landscape features, such as fountains, arbors, trellises, pergolas, colonnades, statuary, and other similar features, as well as works of art which also do not contain floor area; or a roof or side walls consisting of greater than 20% component solid portions. 2. Cornices, belt courses, sills, eaves or similar architectural features. 3. Planting boxes or masonry planters. 4. Guard railing for safety protection around ramps. 5. Mechanical equipment and housing. 6. Bay or greenhouse windows. 7. At-grade patios with 6-foot high walls, fences, and hedges within the front yard setbacks. 8. Balconies mar vro%ect ur) to 10 feet. ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 6 of 8 SECTION 6: CONSTRUCTION. This Ordinance must be broadly construed in order to achieve the purposes stated in this Ordinance. It is the City Council's intent that the provisions of this Ordinance be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a manner that facilitates the purposes set forth in this Ordinance. SECTION 7: ENFORCEABILITY. Repeal of any provision of the ESMC does not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before this Ordinance's effective date. Any such repealed part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance. SECTION 8: VALIDITY OF PREVIOUS CODE SECTIONS. If this entire Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, any repeal or amendment of the ESMC or other city ordinance by this Ordinance will be rendered void and cause such previous ESMC provision or other the city ordinance to remain in full force and effect for all purposes. SECTION g: SEVERABILITY. If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION 10: RELIANCE ON RECORD. Each and every one of the findings and determinations in this Ordinance are based on the competent and substantial evidence, both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the project. The findings and determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the City Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole. SECTION 11: The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of EI Segundo's book of original ordinances; make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting; and, within 15 days after the passage and adoption of this ordinance, cause it to be published or posted in accordance with California law. ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 7 of 8 SECTION 12: This Ordinance will become effective on the thirty-first day following its passage and adoption. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE No. 1575 this 16th day of October, 2018. Drew"Boyr Mayor ATTEST: UA Tracy Wea e , City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Mark D. Hensley, ity ttorney PAPlanning&Building Safety\ Planning\Projects\1201-1225\EA-1204 2125 Campus\SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTIEA-1204 Final Draft Ordinance doc ORDINANCE No. 1575 Page 8 of 8 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1575 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 2nd day of October, 2018, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of October, 2018, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Brann, Council Member Pimentel, and Council Member Nicol NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN; None WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this day of November, 2018. TraUy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California